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Minute Taking Masterclass


Practical Training for Professionals

Summary

Price
£576 inc VAT
Study method
Classroom
Duration
1 day · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification

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Location & dates

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Location
Address
Village Hotel Club Nottingham
Brailsford Way
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG96DL
United Kingdom
Address
EEF Venues
Clifton Down
Bristol
Avon
BS83NB
United Kingdom
Address
Park Plaza Leeds
Boar Lane
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS15NS
United Kingdom
Address
&Meetings
150 Minories
City of London
London
EC3N1LS
United Kingdom

Overview

A full day training programme that delivers techniques for producing professionally-presented minutes and includes a review and evaluation of minutes that delegates are currently producing.

Description

Minute Taking Masterclass - Timetable

09.30 – 10.00 Introductions and course objectives
10.00 – 10.30 The challenges with producing minutes, especially if the meeting is being chaired ineffectively.
10.30 – 11.00 Examination of delegates’ current practice for taking minutes ensuring accuracy and achieving an easy to read visual layout.
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee
11.15 – 11.45 Published agendas and hidden agendas – their effects on meetings and minute taking.
11.45 – 12.00 The importance of listening – how to ensure that nothing important is missed and no incorrect assumptions made.
12.00 – 12.30 The big question – what to include and what to leave out of minutes.
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 14.30 Layouts – sections, styles, headings and numbering.
Organisational house styles will be reviewed and compared which delegates will have brought along with them.
14.30 – 14.45 Who is doing what and by when? Ensuring action items are clearly identified.
14.45 – 15.00 Writing in the active rather than the passive tense.
15.00 – 15.30 Writing concisely, professionally and clearly.
15.30 – 16.00 Exercise in re-drafting existing minutes to incorporate learning points.
16.00 – 16.15 Useful words for minutes and common confusions that spellcheck may not pick up and correct.

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